News Archive

  • Hello! It’s been a while so I thought it was time for a quick news update on the site. In case you’ve missed them the recently posted reviews on the site include the stylish The Sword With No Name, the weird and fairly wonderful My Mighty Princess, the classic rom-com...

    News: Festivals, Podcasts, DVDs and Big Breasted Zombies..

    Hello! It’s been a while so I thought it was time for a quick news update on the site. In case you’ve missed them the recently posted reviews on the site include the stylish The Sword With No Name, the weird and fairly wonderful My Mighty Princess, the classic rom-com...

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  • So for the last week or so I had the dubious pleasure of dealing with the site having been hacked by some sad moron who really needs to get out more. This resulted in not only losing the site for several days, but also a few problems with the restoration...

    Okay, and we’re back in the room…

    So for the last week or so I had the dubious pleasure of dealing with the site having been hacked by some sad moron who really needs to get out more. This resulted in not only losing the site for several days, but also a few problems with the restoration...

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  • So I’ve decided to shut up shop for the year a little early for xmas due to illness – I don’t want to be posting bad quality reviews now! In the new year the site will be back even stronger with stacks of reviews and news, as well as an...

    News: Shutting up shop for xmas

    So I’ve decided to shut up shop for the year a little early for xmas due to illness – I don’t want to be posting bad quality reviews now! In the new year the site will be back even stronger with stacks of reviews and news, as well as an...

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  • Sadly it’s been a quieter week on the site than I was hoping for – this time due to illness – but at least there’s been two new reviews posted: firstly a look at Park Chan-wook’s quirky rom-com effort I’M A CYBORG, BUT THAT’S OK and secondly a look from...

    News: Tales of two Kims, a birthday and some trailers…

    Sadly it’s been a quieter week on the site than I was hoping for – this time due to illness – but at least there’s been two new reviews posted: firstly a look at Park Chan-wook’s quirky rom-com effort I’M A CYBORG, BUT THAT’S OK and secondly a look from...

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  • The updates on the site might have been limited this week to a review of 200 POUNDS BEAUTY while I’ve been setting up the Twitter, Facebook and MySpace pages, but there’s been a couple of interesting news stories this week and a few cool trailers… ‘A Better Tomorrow’ Remake So...

    News: A remake, a one hundred and first and some trailers…

    The updates on the site might have been limited this week to a review of 200 POUNDS BEAUTY while I’ve been setting up the Twitter, Facebook and MySpace pages, but there’s been a couple of interesting news stories this week and a few cool trailers… ‘A Better Tomorrow’ Remake So...

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  • Just a quick update – the line up for the London Korean Film Festival has been posted on the Barbican website. Running from 5th until the 12th of November, the very mixed list of films includes Thirst (a directors cut of the film will be shown, with an introduction from...

    The London Korean Film Festival 2009 – The Line-Up…

    Just a quick update – the line up for the London Korean Film Festival has been posted on the Barbican website. Running from 5th until the 12th of November, the very mixed list of films includes Thirst (a directors cut of the film will be shown, with an introduction from...

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  • The dates for this years London Korean Film Festival have been announced -running from the 5th until the 12th November 2009. No films or guest have been announced yet, but expect the Festival to have some gems up it’s sleeves as it always manages to impress. As a bonus to...

    The London Korean Film Festival 2009 & Boon Joon-ho Retrospective announced

    The dates for this years London Korean Film Festival have been announced -running from the 5th until the 12th November 2009. No films or guest have been announced yet, but expect the Festival to have some gems up it’s sleeves as it always manages to impress. As a bonus to...

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  • Park Chan-wook’s long awaited vampire flick THIRST will receive its UK premiere on 5th of October and the film is to be distributed by Metrodome (as part of a deal with Palisades Tartan). Over in the US, Focus Features have just announced that they will be releasing the film onto...

    Park Chan-wook’s ‘Thirst’: U.K. Theatrical Release, U.S. DVD release and Competition

    Park Chan-wook’s long awaited vampire flick THIRST will receive its UK premiere on 5th of October and the film is to be distributed by Metrodome (as part of a deal with Palisades Tartan). Over in the US, Focus Features have just announced that they will be releasing the film onto...

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  • Optimum Releasing have bought the rights to Shin Jeong-weon’s recent CHAW (pronounced ‘chow’) – the black comedy horror which was described by Variety as ‘Razorback meets Jaws’. The trailer has been doing the rounds on the internet over the last couple of months and performed pretty well at the Korean...

    Optimum to release ‘Chaw’ in the UK

    Optimum Releasing have bought the rights to Shin Jeong-weon’s recent CHAW (pronounced ‘chow’) – the black comedy horror which was described by Variety as ‘Razorback meets Jaws’. The trailer has been doing the rounds on the internet over the last couple of months and performed pretty well at the Korean...

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